Bottle-handling device



Nov.v 12, 1929. E. J. HARRIS BOTTLE HANDLINGDEVICE Filed Jan. 17, 1928in removing the bottles from Patented Nov. 12, 1929 stares Pars EnwmAMES HARRIS, or KANSAS ongxfnrssounr I BOTTLE-HANDLING DEVICEhpplication filed January 17, 1925. Serial No. 247,381.

hands, and therefore the present invention has as its primaryobjecttoprovide a simple device Which may be readily adapted to a,

nursing bottle immersed in water and employed for the purpose of liftingthe bottle from the water and inverting the same soas to discharge thewater contained therein.

f It is desirable, in sterilizing nursing bottles, to agitate thebottlewhen introduced into the boiling water, so asto insure of a thoroughcleansing of the interior of the bottle, but this cannot beaccomplished, conveniently, without the employment of some means forengaging and moving the bottle while, submergedin the boiling water, andtherefore, the'invention has as a further object to provide a devicewhich may be manipulated so as to effect agitation of the bottle in theboiling water,

at the time it islifted from the ,water,and

" thus effectla discharge of the water from the bottle." V v While theaccompanying drawings and the description which is to follow,constitute-a disclosure of the preferred embodiment of the invention, itwillbe understoodthat vari- In the accompanying ous changes may be madewithin the scope of v v 1 bends 4 by whichithey are-joined and on thewhat is claimed. 1

drawings: Figure 1 is a perspective View of the device embodying theinvention applied to' a nursing bottle, which is shown in broken lines.in

the said figure;

, Figure 2 1s a view front elevation of the dev'ice applied; 1

Figure 8 is a applied to a'nursingbottleand' the device, beinglikewiseadapted, as stated above, to be manipulated so as to eifectatilting ofthe bottle horizontal sectional view taken substantially onthe line 3-3of Figure '2 looking in the direction indicated bythearrows. i

FFiCJ The device, embodying the inventiomis preferably formed from asingle strand of resilient wire which is bent intermediate its ends toprovide a neck-encircling loop 1 of approximately semi-circular contour,the portions of the strand at the opposite ends of the 1 loop beingextended downwardly I along 1 diverging lines to provide spaced sidemembers which are indicated by the numeral 2, these members beingsuitably curved or otherwise formed to approximatelyconform' toftheshoulder of the bottle to be engaged by the device. The side portions ofthe strand, .at the lower ends of the side members 2, are bent inwardlytoward eachother along arcuate lines as at.3 and thence to for'macute.bends 4' providing portions 5 which extend beneath the port ons 3 andrearwardly beyond the bends between the portions 2 and 3, on arcuatelines, to conform substantially to body embracing portions 5, thusprovided, terminate in shank portions 6, which extend .the body ofthe'bottle to be handled. The

in normally diverging relation toeach other,

on straight lines, and to these shank portions are fitted the forwardends of handles-which 1 i are. indicated by the numeral 7 and whichhandles may beof wood or any other-material found suitable for thepurpose and Offiny desired contour, ferrules 8 being preferably securedto the forward ends of the handles so as to reinforce thehandles atthese points and prevent any splitting of the handles duetoythe 1engagement of the ends of the shanksQG 'i therein. 7 f i to Figures 1and 3" of the drawings itwill beobservedthat the portions 3 and 5 extendon arcuate lines from the V embrace; the opposite sides of a bottleover;

which the device,as a whole, isfitted.

' In order that thebody. gripping or embracing members5 maybeyieldablyheld against relative separation and thus adapt th'e said 7 members to,bebroughtintoffirm gripping engagement with the opposite sides of thebody of the nursing'bottle to be lifted by the use of the device, whenthe handles '7 are brought together, a tension spring 9 is providedbetween the stems 4 and is formed at its ends with eyes 10 which engagethe said bends in the manner clearly shown "in the several V figures ofthe drawings.

In the use of the'device the handles Tare loosely grasped in the han doitl ie user and the device, in the postion shown in'Figure 1,

' is fitted downwardly over thextopuoi .Lthe bottle to be lifted orotherwise handled until the body embracing portions 5- extend about andembrace'the opposite sides of the nursing bottle and the neck embracingportion "1 embraces the neckof the bottle as show r'in Ifig- "ure 'l,whereupon theusers hand is closed about the handles 7 so asto-draW thememlbers5toward e'ach'other andbrin'g the same into firmclampingengagement with the opp'o'site sides of the body of the nursingbottle. It 'willbe evident'that in this manner 'thede'v'mema'ybeconveniently employed for gripping a n'ursingbottle to permitof itsbeangina-(sanded into a {pan of boiling water whereupon the device maybe mai'npulated 1 asto tilt the{brittleto permit the water to fenterandfill theisame andthen in a manner to 'efi'eetsuitable-iagitation ofthebottle in the water to insure ot' athorough cleansing 'of the in'teri'ordfthe-bott1e,after which the device may be d'iseng'aged fronrthe bottleand the bottle permitted t o remain in the boiling water untilthoroughly sterilized. The tie vice maythenbe reengaged with the bottle=the"handles 7"brou gl'1t together so as to causetl-ie 'body embracing-'members toen 1-' ,brace'the'oppos'ite sides -'of the body of thenursing-bottle and th'e .tlevice may then be i employedto 'witliclrawthe bottle from' the water and invert the same. to discharge the watertherejtrom after'which the bottle may bedeposited in aniipright postion"upon a tableorshelfor other support and the ban dles- :7 relieved ofpressure and-the device lifted tromfengagement with the bottle/ I Itwill beevi'd'ent-th'at by the pio v'i siono'i the I spring 9, whichmerely "yield-ably resists 'sep rauen otthebody embracing members 5 ofthe device, considerable pressure'may be exerted against the handles 7to cause the "said members 5 to"fi-rmlyembrace theop j' p'osi t es'ide'sof the nursing-bottle without"any likelihood" however i of such wepressure fbeing exerted against the wall of the body or: the

7 bettle as to c'a'use "crushing of the same, the

spring 9 yielding sulficiently to q'aermit of jne'c'essa-ryi relativeseparation of the bends 4,

under these conditions, to limit the pressure errmpmne and compei'isateit'o'r any 653K368- sivepressure whieh might-be brought-to bear upon thehandles? by' -thegusertightly closher-hand about thefhandles, V 1

o Having thus thereof, and handles extending from the I body' embracingmembers at -the opposite ends 'thereo' f. I

exerted by the members '5"against" the body I It will also be understoodfrom the fore going description and from an inspection of the drawingsthat due to the provision of the neck embracing portion 1 and the bodyembracing portions 5 and the-relative vertical disposition of theseportions, the bottle, when grippje dbythe device, will'jbe'steadiedsothat there willbejno likelihoodof any tiltingdisplacement of the bottlewhile the device is engaged therewith and is being manipulated. It willalso be understood from the foregoing itli-at-the'device is adaptable tobottles of va-V rious sizes and is therefore capable ofsubstantiallyuniversal use. I

It will furthermore be understood from the "foregoing description that,inasmuch as the "neck embracing member 1, s1demembers-2,

and body embracing members 5 are all-formed from? a single strand ofresilient wire, the

neckembracing'inember Iconstitutes a re-' srlient connection between thebody embracing members I claim is: v r. L 1. A device for manuallyhandling bottles in the sterilization thereof comprisi-ngbodyembracingmembers, a-neck-embracing member connecting the bodyembracingmembers,

ar-rd handles extending: from the body-embracing members.

2. A device for manually hahdlingibottles in the sterilizationthereofcomprising bodytlescribed the invention, what embracing members,a-resilient neck-embracing member connecting the body-embracing members,and. handles extending vfrom the body-embracingmembers.

1 A device ofthe'cl'ass described OInD ris- V i'ng "resilientbody-embracing members, side 5. Aidevic'eottheclass described'coinprising' a neck embracing member, side members extending downwardly "ando-utwardlyf there-F from at opposite sides thereoflresilien'tbod-yembracing members of arcuate form {connect 1 e'd: e'acliat oneendto a" respective one bf the side members, shanks extending from :the"other ends of the body-embracing members,

and handles carried by saidshanks;

Azdevice of the classy described comprising resilient arcuatebody-embracing members, shanks eitending: from, corresponding endsof'the members, handles carried by jsfaid 11130 d shanks, side membersconnected by integral bends with the other ends of the body-ern bracingmembers and inclined upwardly'toward each other, a neck-embracing memberextending between and connecting the upper ends of the side members, anda tension spring extending between said bends and yieldably connectingthe same.

7. A device of the class described comprising a single strand ofresilient wire bent to provide an intermediate neck-embracing member andside members extending downwardly and outwardly from opposite sidesthereof, the strand at the lower ends of the side members extending onarcuate lines toward each other and being provided with acute bendsproviding body-embracing members extending on arcuate lines in oppositedirections, a tension spring connected at its ends to the said bends andextending between the same,- the other ends of the body-embracingmembers being extended on diverging lines to provide shanks, and handlesfitted to the said shanks.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature.

EDWIN JAMES HARRIS.

